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![PACKET 1.5
4.4: SOLVING PERCENT PROBLEMS ] 1
Write your questions here!
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Our!goal!is!to!transform!equations!that!like!this:!
!!!2!! + !!4!! = 12
into!equations!that!look!like!this:!
!!!!!! = ! 2! + 6!
There!are!many!reasons!why!we!want!to!do!this,!but!the!main!reason!is!because!the!
lines!will!be!easier!to!graph.!
We!will!use!the!same!skills!we!learned!in!Unit!3!when!we!learned!how!to!solve!
2
equations.!
Examples.!Solve!the!following!equations!for!y.
1. 2! = 4! 10 2. 5y + 40 = 20x 3. 4x 6y = 12
You try 3:
Now, summarize
your notes here!
4. Solve: 5. Simplify:
3. Dance Machine. Mr. Phan Brust plans to drive to watch Mr. Dzerkacz
Sullivan in his dance recital at the Strand
Pfalz-
Theater. He will travel 242 km on the Autobahn
highway at an average speed of 130 km/h.
a. Transform the equation x = ry (where x = distance, r = rate, y = time), to find a formula for
time (Hint: Solve for y.)
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. Chillin. The formula for Celsius temperature is ! = ! 32 gives the Celsius temperature (X)
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in terms of the Fahrenheit temperature (Y).
a. Transform the formula to find the Fahrenheit temperature in terms of Celsius temperature.
(hint: Solve for y!!)